Samayik And Chaityavandan Vidhi

Author(s): Manu Doshi
Publisher: Manu Doshi

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Meanings: Tuha=your, Sammatte=right perception, Laddhe=gained, Chintämani=desire yielding jewel, Kappa-Päyav=desire yielding tree, Abbhahie=superior, Pävanti-attain, Avigghenam= without obstruction, Jivä=souls, Ayara=ageless, Amaram=immortal, Thanam-abode.
Translation: By gaining the right perception laid by you, which is superior to the desire yielding jewel and the desire yielding tree, souls easily attain the unaging, immortal state.
The worldly souls have been facing the misery and affliction on account of their ignorance of the Self. That ignorance can be overcome by the right perception which enlightens the Self. Thereby one can recognize the right path leading to liberation. That perception is described here as more important than the desire yielding jewel or a similar tree. Such jewels and trees are supposed to give whatever one desires. The desires, however, lead to the worldly life, which is the source of misery and unhappiness. As such, the desire yielding jewels and trees do not serve the true purpose, while the right perception does. That perception leads to the bliss of liberation, which is indestructible and stays forever.
Ea Santhuo Mahäyas, Bhatti-bbhar-nibbharen Hiyaenam; Tä Dev Dijza Bohim, Bhave Bhave Päs Jinachanda (5)
Meanings: Ea=thus, Santhuo=prayed, Mahäyas=highly esteemable, Bhatti-bbhar=full of devotion. Nibbharen-overflowing, Hiyaenam=by heart, Tä=so, Dev=Lord, Dijza=give Bohim=right wisdom or right perception, Bhave Bhave=during every life, Päs Jinachanda =Omniscient Lord Parshwanath.
Translation: Oh. Highly esteemable Lord, I have thus prayed to you with the heart flowing with devotion; hence Omniscient Parshwa Lord, bestow the wisdom to me in every life.
In this concluding stanza the aspirant states that he is praying to the Lord with all the sincerity. Right perception is the prize of true prayer and such perception leads to the liberation. But humble as he is, the aspirant thinks that he may still be required to take some births. If he happens to miss the right perception in any of the births, he may be required to wander in the worldly cycle indefinitely. He therefore entreats the Lord to bless him with the right perception during every birth that he might have to take.
This Sutra is believed to have been composed by Bhadrabahuswami, who was the 5" and the last Shrutkewali. The Jain tradition states that he had a brother named Varahmihir, the well known astrologer of the ancient India. The latter was first initiated in the Jain order, but being somehow disgusted of that life, he had given it up and had set up as an astronomer. From that time onward, he nursed a grudge against his brother and cultivated hostility towards Jainism.